Sartore's lesser rhino beetle is dark reddish brown and measures 14.7 millimeters long and 7 millimeters wide (or slightly larger than half an inch by a quarter of an inch). Ratcliffe and Cave are ...

An army of seemingly unstoppable, tree-killing insects is wreaking havoc on one of Hawaii’s most iconic trees.

A coconut rhinoceros beetle was found in a trap in Waikoloa on Hawaii island, state agricultural officials said today. Here, a dead coconut rhinoceros beetle found in Kunia on Oahu is shown in 2023.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state has designated Oahu as infested by coconut rhinoceros beetles, which is triggering new restrictions. Starting now, landscaping materials such as compost ...

But the invasive beetles have made the trees a public safety risk — their crowns could fall on people below. Coconut rhinoceros beetles are particularly fond of feeding on coconut palm sap.

Sartore's lesser rhino beetle is known from one pinned specimen ... from properly insulating their homes to conserve energy to cutting back on single-use plastic items like grocery bags.

The coconut rhinoceros beetles, first detected in Hawaii in 2013 ... or turn sunlight into chemical energy for the tree to grow or survive.

HALEIWA, Hawaii (Island News) -- About a dozen coconut palm trees will be uprooted over the next few days at a North Shore beach park all because of the coconut rhinoceros beetle. City officials ...

A series of temporary state regulations to mitigate the spread of coconut rhinoceros beetles and other invasive species could become permanent. The amended rules would make permanent an interim ...

Biologists have curated the red milkweed beetle's genome and its arsenal of genes related to plant-feeding and other biological traits. They sequenced and assembled the entire genome of the host ...

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA @STARADVERTISER.COM Above, a city-and-county worker with a coconut rhinoceros beetle. 2 /6 CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA @STARADVERTISER.COM Above, a city-and-county worker ...